Henryk Cioch Explained

Henryk Cioch
Nationality:Polish
Office:Senator
Term Start:November 2011
Term End:November 2015
Party:Independent
Birth Date:1951 7, df=y
Birth Place:Lubaczów, Poland
Death Place:Lublin, Poland
Office3:Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal
Term Start3:2015
Term End3:2017

Henryk Cioch (30 July 1951  - 20 December 2017) was a Polish lawyer, lecturer, professor of law, Senator and justice of Polish Constitutional Tribunal (appointment disputed).

Early life

In 1969, Cioch graduated from high school in Lubaczów, Poland. In 1973, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska (UMCS) in Lublin.[1]

Cioch joined the Institute of Civil Law as an assistant. In 1982, he defended his doctoral thesis, entitled "Transforming Cooperative Property Rights," written under the direction of Professor Jerzy Ignatowicz.

Political career

In December 2008, Cioch was named Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Stefczyka in Sopot. In January 2010, President Lech Kaczyński named him as a member of the National Development Council.

In the 2011 election, Cioch was a non-partisan candidate for Law and Justice to the Senate. After campaigning for a seat in the upper house of Parliament, he tallied 52,961 votes, winning the election. Cioch retired in 2015.

Death

Cioch died on December 20, 2017, in Lublin at age 66.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senate of the Republic of Poland.
  2. http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/news-warszawa-sedzia-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-henryk-cioch-nie-z,nId,2480069 Warszawa: Sędzia Trybunału Konstytucyjnego Henryk Cioch nie żyje